Sentences with phrase «child poverty rates remain»

But, child poverty rates remain high and more children live in neighborhoods with a high concentration of poverty.

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By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

One in five U.S. children are now born into poverty and the infant - mortality rate in parts of Detroit is higher than in Honduras, but the structural causes of poverty go unreported and remain invisible.

«Despite gains in our economy and an unemployment rate that remains low, poverty remains a persistent drain on our community that still hinders individuals from achieving their true potential, especially our children and our seniors,» said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.

On the contrary, poverty rates for various groups, including children, have seen much less improvement in London compared to the Northern regions; house price affordability and private rental costs have increased substantially in London but not in the North; homelessness has worsened in London but improved in the North; and overcrowding remains particularly acute in the capital.

The New England states and Utah have the lowest child - poverty rates because the commitment to education in those states has deep historical and cultural roots, and the families in those states are more likely to remain intact.

With poverty rates remaining high in recent years, it is not surprising that many families with children struggle to put food on the table.

After climbing steadily for many years, child poverty declined in 2014, but rates still remain higher than in 2010.